Games

One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkness bind them. Or something like that. Anyway, awesome news for fans of the Lord of the Rings trilogy, as the tie-in title with Lego is now finally available on the App Store for the iPhone and iPad. Take the precious to Mordor and cast it into the fires of Mount Doom as you follow the story through all three chapters in the series.

2K Games and Firaxis announced Thursday the release of Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies, a strategy game set in World War II. The sequel to the original Ace Patrol game which debuted on iOS earlier this year, Pacific Skies puts you in charge of a squadron of fighters in the Pacific, in historical battles in places like Pearl Harbor, Midway and Guadalcanal. It's turn-based, and with each turn, you tell your pilots to dive, climb, accelerate, juke and perform aerobatic maneuvers to help take down their foes.

Ever wanted to build your very own Death Star complete with karaoke bar, plush apartments and interrogation rooms downstairs? Lucasarts is bringing all that to reality with the release of Star Wars: Tiny Death Star, which is available to download now from the App Store for iPhone and iPad.

Pet Rescue Saga is easily just as addicting as [Candy Crush]( and has the ability to make your life's goal to save all the cute pets from the animal snatchers. If that sounds like an addiction you're familiar with, you've come to the right place! Here are the best tips, tricks, and cheats I've found when it comes to not only beating levels in Pet Rescue Saga, but obliterating them!

Physics puzzle games like Cut the Rope tend to do pretty well in mobile devices thanks to their short levels and simple controls. Russian developer MaxNick has drawn from Cut the Rope’s formula in the past with Spider Jack, a game I liked even better than the original. Their latest physics puzzler Green Jelly shares much in common with games that came before it, plus some unique gameplay mechanics for good measure.

The classic board game of Ludo goes by many names such as Sorry! and Parcheesi. Thanks to a UK developer called Yo Ambulante, we now have a new iOS version called Mr. Ludo. This particular take still offers the time-honored and simple gameplay that many of us experienced as children, but dresses it up with a clever office-based theme and both local and online multiplayer for up to four players.

If you're looking for a great game to play on your Mac, then you could do a lot worse than the first two games in the Bioshock series. And, right now, you can snag both with a whopping 60% off making each title just $7.99 in the Mac App Store until November 7.

2K Games is having a sale on some of their iOS games. The sale is running until tomorrow, and includes a number of popular 2K titles. X-COM: Enemy Unknown is available for $9.99, NBA 2K14 can be had for $2.99, 2K Drive is down to $1.99, and bot the iPhone and iPad versions of Sid Meier's Pirates! and Civilization Revolution are both $0.99.

11 Bit Studios made no secret about their intent to bring Anomaly 2 to mobile and keeping good on their word of a fall release, the game has now arrived in the iTunes App Store. Anomaly 2 takes the RTS tower offense concept from Anomaly Warzone Earth to the next level.

2K and Firaxis Games announced Tuesday that the new Sid Meier game will launch on iOS on November 7th for $4.99. Sid Meier's Ace Patrol: Pacific Skies brings you turn-based airplane dogfighting action circa World War II, and unlike the first game in the series, it isn't crippled by In-App Purchases.